Poor old Corinth! While they were patting themselves on the back and boasting about what they were going to do for the offering for the destitute believers in Judea, the poor, little, destitute churches in Macedonia had already gathered their gift, and measured by the standards Paul used to evaluate it, it was a huge gift. These Macedonian believers, poor as they were, set the pace in giving for their fellow churches, and Paul used their example to show what real giving was. There are great lessons on giving for 21st Century Christians in the 2,000 year old example set by these poor Macedonian believers.